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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

An investor-owned hospital executive whose company had acquired major nonprofit health care enterprises compared the proliferation of contracts to the growth of barnacles on the bottom of a freighter. One thing that distinguishes the typical nonprofit from a comparably-sized investor-owned hospital is the number of layers of management.

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FinTech Is Weaving Charitable Giving into Everyday Transactions

Harvard Business

In the financial services sector, innovative payment technologies, which have fundamentally transformed the way we transact, are bringing new speed and convenience to charitable giving — enabling people to give back to their communities as easily as they can tap for an Uber ride. In 2015, more than $10.5

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

Jobs at universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government research facilities are exempted, as are workers from certain countries and any current H-1B holders applying for renewal. Last year, American campuses produced fewer than 56,000 graduates with the sort of qualifications sought by information technology (IT) firms.”

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3 Health Care Trends That Don’t Hinge on the ACA

Harvard Business

Thus, as the population ages, health care services will naturally expand, as will the pressure to find efficient ways to deliver those services. Second, technology has become a pervasive element across the health care system, with a major impact on diagnosis, treatment, and communications.

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